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Wearing a cloth face mask while exercising leads to worse performance, according to the results of a small trial.
It found that when donning a face covering, a person s exercise duration drops by 14 per cent while participants also recorded increased feelings of breathlessness and claustrophobia when exercising at higher intensities.
The results of the trial on 31 healthy adults have been published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM).
Thirty of the participants said that the task running on a treadmill to exhaustion was harder when wearing a face covering.
World Health Organization (WHO) guidance backs up the finding, stating: People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably .
Boston Marathon participants will have to show up to TWO negative COVID-19 tests before this year s race - even if they ve been vaccinated
Runners at this year s Boston Marathon race will have to show a negative COVID-19 test before they re allowed to hit the course, even if they ve been vaccinated
Boston Athletic Association says it will set up a program to offer COVID testing to runners and that the tests will need to be done within a couple of days before
The testing will also applies to volunteers at the race as well
Traditionally, the Marathon would take place in just over a weeks time, but the pandemic has pushed it back to October 11
A university student living away from home eats a meal in 1961 in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Private university freshmen living alone in the Tokyo metropolitan area are being more frugal than ever, surviving on a record low 607 yen ($5.50) a day, according to a new survey.
Average monthly living expenses subsidized by mom and dad hit a record low, as the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a heavy blow to parents’ incomes, the survey showed.
The survey was conducted by the Tokyo Federation of Private University Faculty and Staff Unions, a group of unions for private university teachers in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region.
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